General Does anybody use fuel additives?

[Mattyk]

redex, wynns and the like?

Might chuck some in next time I put some diesel in, I normally use V-Power diesel anyway like, after 43k it cant do it any harm?

 

[marty61]

Used to in my old cars but not in the GP, doesn't need it yet imo only on 19k

 

[jmcand]

I used redex in my astra 1.6 petrol and tbh can't say it made much of a difference but may help to stop injectors etc from getting coked up with sooty deposits on the m-jet

 

[punto_matt]

waste of time

 

[jimboy]

redex, wynns and the like?

Might chuck some in next time I put some diesel in, I normally use V-Power diesel anyway like, after 43k it cant do it any harm?

you obviously haven't read up about additives that have been posted up before. i suggest you hit the search button & find out what a waste of time & money they are.there is a site called snakeoil telling you all the facts about these additives...simply put a fool & his money are easily parted

 

[Mattyk]

Is your location Highlands or Highhorse?

 

[jimboy]

Is your location Highlands or Highhorse?

listen son im just trying to save you money. read up as i said on the snakeoil site.....but you did ask

 

[edsonbsx]

Be carefull is all i'll say, i've known some older petrol engines explode believe it or not, through over heating i believe.

 

[Im-Mia]

i started a thread about this about 3 months ago. its a waste of time.

5th gear did a test some years ago and actualy found you could LOSE power

also if you search about octane ratings etc inproving the octane rating of your fuel will only affect higher performance engines. wikipedia has some stuff about it and if you search for performance additives 5th gear on youtube you can see what i mean.

(sorry for no links im off to work in 5 mins)

 

[jimboy]

http://www.fordscorpio.co.uk/snakeoil.htm
try this link, this makes for interesting reading for those who haven't seen it yet
do read the whole article....

 

[georgios1976]

If you are using premium diesel, I cannot see any point spending your money on something that cleans injectors etc.

Premium diesel is supposed to do the same thing. Car magazine ran tests using premium fuels a while ago, and although performance was not increased, they found out that the use of premium fuels kept the engine clean. If I were you, I would not bother with any additives.

 

[GDRIVER]

just a vpower and you are fine.total waste of time and money.use the price of that additives to add petrol.

 

[Adrian Bravo]

I guess you mean winter additive for desiel.

Only thing ive used is redex injector cleaner in my pertrol bravo
The best £1.69 i ever spent really made a difference.

 

[Mattyk]

its the injector cleaner im on about, Fuel econemy seems to be on the floor lately im getting 38 MPG from my M-Jet on a motorway run where I used to get 50+ im on 43k now though so I reckon its the EGR,

Thanks for the advice

 

[jimboy]

injector cleaner may help a bit, but the best way is to get them ultrasonically cleaned.job done

 

[udtrev]

its the injector cleaner im on about, Fuel econemy seems to be on the floor lately im getting 38 MPG from my M-Jet on a motorway run where I used to get 50+ im on 43k now though so I reckon its the EGR,

Thanks for the advice

When were your fuel and air filters changed ?

 

[Mattyk]

at the 36k service

on 43k now

 

[old school]

in my 1.3 diesel i use a bit of kerosine every 5000miles, keeps clean the engine, also can be used on petrol engines as i used it on my escort also